Question In mutatawir (multiple narrators) hadith is it a condition that all the narrators to memorise the hadith or could they read it from paper to the next level. What happens if a narrator of mutatawir has some form of mental deficiency?. Answer Praise be to Allah. The mutawaatir …
Read More »The hadith “At the beginning of every century Allah will send to this ummah someone who will renew its religious understanding”
Question In Kitaab al-Mulaahim by Abu Dawood, it says that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “At the beginning of every century Allah will send to this ummah someone who will renew its religious understanding”. Is this hadith saheeh? Who narrated it? Is the Muslim …
Read More »Du‘aa’ of the Sahaabah at the beginning of the month
Question Some people circulate this hadith, believing it to be a special du‘aa’ for the new year, at the beginning of the new Hijri year; others circulate it believing it to be a special du‘aa’ for the new month. How sound is this hadith? The companions of the Messenger of …
Read More »Adhkaar for morning and evening that protect against harm
Question What is the ruling on a person offering supplication on behalf of his parents and siblings, because there is a hadith which says that whoever says these supplications in the morning, no harm will touch him until evening comes, and whoever says them in the evening, no harm will …
Read More »Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum: Authenticity and Meaning
Question Someone mentioned to me a du‘a which says “Ya Hayyu ya Qayyum, bi rahmatika astaghith, aslih li shani kullahu, wa la takilni ila nafsi tarfata ‘ayn (O Ever-Living, O Self-sustaining and All-sustaining, by Your mercy I seek help; rectify all my affairs and do not leave me in charge …
Read More »Virtues of Surah Taha
Question I would like to find out about the virtue of reading Surah Taha, and the virtue of reading it every night three times in succession for a certain period. Thank you very much. Answer Praise be to Allah. Authentic hadith about the merits of Surah Taha The following …
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